Jayne Rowse, left, and her partner April DeBoer speak at Affirmations in Ferndale after 6th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Bernard Friedman ruled to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage in Michigan. The couple waited all day for the news with their children in their Hazel Park home Friday March 21, 2014. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press

Supporters and protesters chant before closing arguments in the trial DeBoer Vs. The State of Michigan in the courtroom of Bernard Friedman at the Theodore Levin Federal Court in Detroit Friday Mar. 7, 2014. / Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press

Laura Quinn, 46, of Royal Oak, waits at the Oakland County Clerks office in Pontiac to get a marriage license for her and her partner of 18 years today, along with Tandy Jurgensen 42, and her partner of 4 years Angie Jurgensen, 37, while waiting on the ruling for same sex marriage on Friday. Washtenaw County says it'll issue 60 gay marriage licenses on Saturday. / Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press

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What is believed to be Michigan’s first same-sex marriage was performed shortly after 8 a.m. today by Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum at the historic courthouse in Mason.

Glenna DeJong, 53, and Marsha Caspar, 52, both of Lansing, were married in the lobby after Byrum opened the clerk’s office at 8 a.m. and issued them a license.

“As far as we’re concerned, we’re abiding by the federal court appellates,” Kestenbaum said. “We’re not typically open, but basically the Board of Commissioners strongly urged me to be open tomorrow.”

“I wasn’t expecting the ruling would go into effect immediately and I know there’s going to be attempts to get a stay, but I’m assuming there won’t be one by tomorrow,” Kestenbaum said. “If there is, then I’ll stop.”

Kestenbaum will waive the three-day waiting period and the fee. The license costs $20. He said at least one of the individuals must be a Washtenaw County resident in order for the license to be issued.

Ed Golembiewski, Washtenaw County director of elections, said preference will be given to couples who attempted to get married at the clerk’s office last October. Golembiewski said couples were given numbers indicating their place in line at the time and they will be allowed to use them on Saturday.

Muskegon County Clerk Nancy Waters also confirmed Friday night she plans to issue marriage licenses Saturday morning. Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown announced via Twitter her office will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Waters said she’s been prepared to issue gay marriage licenses since last October, but was waiting for an official decision from Friedman.

Reverend Bill Freeman from the Harbor Unitarian-Universalist Congregation church will officiate the weddings, Waters said.

In his 31-page ruling, Friedman heavily criticized the state’s position that the will of the voters should have been upheld, noting that just because voters approve something doesn’t make it right, especially when it violates the Constitution.

“In attempting to define this case as a challenge to ‘the will of the people,’ state defendants lost sight of what this case is truly about: people.

“No court record of this proceeding could ever fully convey the personal sacrifice of these two plaintiffs who seek to ensure that the state may no longer impair the rights of their children and the thousands of others now being raised by same-sex couples,” Friedman wrote.

However, Schuette said that the ruling goes against Michigan’s constitution, and since Friedman did not include a stay of the ruling until an appeal could be heard, it went against precedent set in other cases on same-sex marriage around the country.

'We are celebrating'

Ann Arbor resident Kelly Callison believed she would eventually have the chance to legally marry her partner, Anne Callison, but she’s ecstatic a license could come any day.

“We are celebrating,” Callison, 34, said, Friday after a historic ruling by U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman striking down Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage, making it the 18th state in the nation to allow gay marriage.

“Everyone is hugging — even complete strangers, straight allies. Everyone is crying and plans are being made. When they made the announcement, it was incredible. It means that we’ll able to be married and be a legitimate recognized couple and family. It means we can petition the court for me to adopt my own son. It’s going to change our entire family.”

Callison and her partner waited several hours Friday at the Washtenaw County Clerk’s Office, paperwork in hand, hoping a ruling would come in time for them to be issued a marriage license. But they left disappointed at 4:30 p.m., when a ruling had yet to be made. She said late Friday they will go to get a license Saturday.

Macomb County’s clerk said licenses would be issued beginning Monday if no stay is issued. The Wayne County Clerk’s Office has not said whether it will issue licenses.

“We don’t ask someone’s orientation on a concealed pistol license, birth certificate, death certificate, or voter registration,” Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Carmella Sabaugh said in a news release. “Today’s court ruling means we won’t ask that question for marriage licenses either, unless a stay is granted or the decision is overturned on appeal. We will follow the law.”

Livingston County Clerk Margaret M. Dunleavy has confirmed she will accept marriage-license applications from same-sex couples. She said the license applications will be treated like traditional marriage applications with the same three-day “cooling off period” required under state law. The clerk in Ingham County will also be issuing licenses if there is no stay.

In Calhoun County, the clerk’s office says it will have an issue with the current license forms provided by the state that refer to “bride” and “groom.”

Some county clerks in the Grand Rapids area have said they do not plan to issue marriage licenses.

Wayne County resident Emily Graham, 37, said she plans to go to the clerk’s office in Detroit on Monday. “It’s about time that we are able to be afforded the same rights,” Graham said. “Not special rights, just the same rights as everyone. We just want to be looked at as equals in the eyes of the law.”

Graham, a school administrator, said her partner desperately needs insurance to cover expensive treatments for a medical condition, but because they’re not married, she cannot receive any benefits.

“I want to be able to take care of my family,” Graham said, adding that the two are raising her 5-year-old daughter together. “I am absolutely ecstatic. I’ve almost been apologetic about being gay, but now, this is who I am and I’m proud of it.”

Callison said she feels validated now. Her son is biologically hers, but because her partner was the birth mother, she has no legal rights. She’s overjoyed that could change now.

“This validates our family,” she said. “Our son will grow up knowing he has two parents that love him and fought for him.”